Tae Fong-shui must be in a formant. In North, Central and Southern China, and oven along the const lino, their privvilegos are threatened. The victory they gained over the tologrnph posts betwoon Woosung and the Kintoah Deacon has boon of no avail; " dozen attacks on their influence are to succeed the temporary success. A railway botvoon Canton and Fatshan, aline of telegraph betwoon Hongkong and Can-tov, a submarine cable between Hong-Kong and Shanghai, and a gasometer for Peking are all prodictod—the two Tnttor, we boliovo, with reason, the two former on loss rolinblo grounds. Wo swore assnroil, some time ngo, by Hong-Kong papers, that permission to make a iyo from Canton to the provincial city ind boon granted, but the statement Tucked the clear evidence necessary to carry conviction, Wo wore equally assured that the Kwantang Futai bad
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